Neisseria gonorrhoeae resistance driven by antibiotic use

A new ecological analysis has shown that antimicrobial consumption is positively associated with decreased antimicrobial susceptibility in _Neisseria gonorrhoeae_ across European countries.

Efforts at the policy, provider and community level need to be strengthened to address and help mitigate the continued emergence of antimicrobial resistance in _N. gonorrhoeae_. Access

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https://www.publish.csiro.au/SH/justaccepted/SH18227 (2019). Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Department of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine

and Science, Los Angeles, CA, USA Huan V. Dong * Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA Huan V. Dong & Jeffrey D. Klausner *

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